Canadian rock mainstays Finger Eleven have shared their new single “The Mountain,” the fourth release from their upcoming album ‘Last Night on Earth’ via Better Noise Music. The track taps into a renewed sense of scale and ambition, with the band openly embracing a bigger, more expansive rock sound inspired in part by the melodic influence of Phil Collins and Genesis. “As we were making Last Night on Earth, there was this feeling that we were making a big Rock record,” guitarist Rick Jackett explains, noting a conscious return to the kind of sonic weight that defined their early years.
Though compact in runtime, “The Mountain” unfolds with the scope of something far grander. Guitarist James Black likens it to “a seven-minute epic squeezed into four,” while frontman Scott Anderson frames the song as a metaphorical search for creativity itself. “At its core, it’s a song about trying to find the music,” Anderson says, describing a fantastical journey that mirrors the band’s own evolution. Alongside recent releases like “Adrenaline” and “Blue Sky Mystery,” the new single reinforces Finger Eleven’s ability to revisit familiar themes with fresh perspective, balancing intensity, melody, and reflection as they continue to push forward.